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well, we've had medicare fraud since the '70s. we're running $50 billion or $60 billion a year in medicaid and medicare fraud now. the government isn't doing anything about that. we -- >> can i say a second -- you bring up an interesting point. i want to follow up in case you're interested as well. there's a story this morning in "the new york times" on your point. the head line focusing on tennessee republican government. he's hesitant to expand medicaid. according to the national conference of state legislatures, 21 states, all of them either with republican governors or republican dominated legislators would not extend medicaid. district of columbia have approved an expansion. indicated they will do so. virginia expected to be next because of the newly elected democratic governor. what's your reaction. >> most of the things he said specifically were false. we don't have time to go through them all. it's not $15 trillion. it was paid for -- the affordable care act paid for itself in the original bill. maybe costs will increase o
well, we've had medicare fraud since the '70s. we're running $50 billion or $60 billion a year in medicaid and medicare fraud now. the government isn't doing anything about that. we -- >> can i say a second -- you bring up an interesting point. i want to follow up in case you're interested as well. there's a story this morning in "the new york times" on your point. the head line focusing on tennessee republican government. he's hesitant to expand medicaid. according to the...
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the medicare part d with george bush, that was a disaster. when you consider -- insurance companies cancel policies all the time. they have jumped insurance. ash jumped insurance. surance.have junk in the affordable care act is supposed to bring the insurance companies up to code. he did not want to do that because they oppose obamacare in the first place. if you are counseling -- canceling your policy before the the act came around, they chose not to do it so you end up canceling those policies. don'tsurance companies want to bring it up to code because they are losing money. insurance is all about money anyway. he is not misleading anybody. the insurance companies understand how this works. the president is saying -- is not saying we are going to cancel millions of americans is policies, that was on the insurance companies. host: thank you. on our facebook page has this comment -- gene is joining us from washington state on the republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am on disability and medicaid in washington state. i was
the medicare part d with george bush, that was a disaster. when you consider -- insurance companies cancel policies all the time. they have jumped insurance. ash jumped insurance. surance.have junk in the affordable care act is supposed to bring the insurance companies up to code. he did not want to do that because they oppose obamacare in the first place. if you are counseling -- canceling your policy before the the act came around, they chose not to do it so you end up canceling those...
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"medicare drug program is a wasteful disaster." "medicare blunders become a ."nster these headlines about the medicare prescription drug program that democrats and republicans now together say is a success, the headlines of the medicare prescription drug program are exactly the types of headlines that have been written about the affordable care act in recent weeks. fortunately the prescription drug program got fixed and they got the chance to get off the ground. if this had been repealed, wouldns of seniors today not have access to life-saving drugs. not a single member of this committee wants that. -- my question to you is what, in your view, madam secretary, could democratic and republican senators here on the finance committee do to make the latest health reforms the success, the way the medicare prescription drug program has been? >> senator, i think it is always welcome to have elected officials in their home state give information to constituents about what the law says, what their options are, what choices they have and access the process . that would be
"medicare drug program is a wasteful disaster." "medicare blunders become a ."nster these headlines about the medicare prescription drug program that democrats and republicans now together say is a success, the headlines of the medicare prescription drug program are exactly the types of headlines that have been written about the affordable care act in recent weeks. fortunately the prescription drug program got fixed and they got the chance to get off the ground. if this had...
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medicare is facing trouble. new problems in medicare bug trend it -- drug benefit. those are headlines from the early part of this decade. major programs that have come below in terms of the social safety net in this country and health care security. while this is an excusable, it is a challenge that has been faced time and time when any program has been unveiled. i find it amazing that those that seek to ascribe blame have spent every waking hour of the last four years working to dismantle, destroy, obstruct, and impede the success of the affordable care act. they are concerned not about its failure, but about its success. what i hope we will focus on is how to succeed. i want to get a sense when those of us on the committee worked to put this together, we were under the assumption that state- controlled by republican legislatures or governors would put a higher premium on the love of state rights than their dislike of the president or some ideological political opposition. which is why we are seeing far better success in states that have established their own mark
medicare is facing trouble. new problems in medicare bug trend it -- drug benefit. those are headlines from the early part of this decade. major programs that have come below in terms of the social safety net in this country and health care security. while this is an excusable, it is a challenge that has been faced time and time when any program has been unveiled. i find it amazing that those that seek to ascribe blame have spent every waking hour of the last four years working to dismantle,...
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when you look back at what happened when medicare was ruled out, medicare part d, social security, there were problems and naysayers. a group of opponents have not stopped. they have not stopped their attack on the president. that has some effect on the public polling. host: did he deceived the american people? guest: i think you have to look -- the insurance plans, they can keep and it has been no change. we are talking about the individual market. we are talking about a small number of the total population of our country. when you look at the lands that were -- when you look at the plans, a lot were grandfathered. in some cases you are looking at substandard lcs. --substandard policies. these policies will not be there. when you take a look at what the president did. his objective was to make sure every american would have access to affordable coverage and we are on track to achieve that. guest: in some cases there were plans that were in effect before the affordable care act. they can improve the plans. that would not subject them to losing their protection under the grandfather claus
when you look back at what happened when medicare was ruled out, medicare part d, social security, there were problems and naysayers. a group of opponents have not stopped. they have not stopped their attack on the president. that has some effect on the public polling. host: did he deceived the american people? guest: i think you have to look -- the insurance plans, they can keep and it has been no change. we are talking about the individual market. we are talking about a small number of the...
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medicare is facing trouble. new problems in medicare bug trend it -- drug benefit. those are headlines from the early part of this decade. major programs that have come below in terms of the social safety net in this country and health care security. while this is an excusable, it is a challenge that has been faced time and time when any program has been unveiled. i find it amazing that those that seek to ascribe blame have spent every waking hour of the last four years working to dismantle, destroy, obstruct, and impede the success of the affordable care act. they are concerned not about its failure, but about its success. what i hope we will focus on is how to succeed. i want to get a sense when those of us on the committee worked to put this together, we were under the assumption that state- controlled by republican legislatures or governors would put a higher premium on the love of state rights than their dislike of the president or some ideological political opposition. which is why we are seeing far better success in states that have established their own mark
medicare is facing trouble. new problems in medicare bug trend it -- drug benefit. those are headlines from the early part of this decade. major programs that have come below in terms of the social safety net in this country and health care security. while this is an excusable, it is a challenge that has been faced time and time when any program has been unveiled. i find it amazing that those that seek to ascribe blame have spent every waking hour of the last four years working to dismantle,...
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i am on medicare and i have a policy to take up the slack and my premiums actually went down. i think this will be a good thing before the november 14 election. this will be worked out. see thatk people will this is a good thing. will get some turnaround in the house where we will have not gridlock all the time. -- not great locked all the time. host: jim says on twitter next -- in a different interview, retweets -- we are taking calls just from democrats this morning. we have a question just for republicans on tomorrow's washington journal. talking tog we are democrats only. are you concerned about the affordable care act and whether it is going to hurt the party in -- or 2016? he e has this piece -- that bill will let companies continue to offer insurance plans that would otherwise be canceled under the law. the house will likely be a focal point of the week and a potential embarrassment for obama as several democrats are likely to support that measure." the story goes on to note, "senate democrats have introduced a similar bill. it is also a sign that these democrats feel v
i am on medicare and i have a policy to take up the slack and my premiums actually went down. i think this will be a good thing before the november 14 election. this will be worked out. see thatk people will this is a good thing. will get some turnaround in the house where we will have not gridlock all the time. -- not great locked all the time. host: jim says on twitter next -- in a different interview, retweets -- we are taking calls just from democrats this morning. we have a question just...
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with the aging of the population, a slow and steady uptick in medicare coverage. as a result of this transformation, a big increase. 15 million people buy insurance directly on their own. it will be 40 million people five years from now. host: do you agree or disagree with this quote. think of the employer system as a crumbling building. is it that? not think i would quite agree. thes still on the board of connector and we are good friends. i have tremendous respect for him. crumbling is an overstatement. cracks in the foundation. one of the trends is not only the move toward the individual purchase of coverage or exchanges, but employers are outsourcing the whole benefits idea, the whole purchase of insurance, to private exchanges. we are seeing private exchanges take off. that is part of this general movement toward direct lurches of insurance. employers are finding that they are not good at picking insurance for employees. the heritage foundation, a good old-fashioned republican consumers are exercising more direct control and choice in the market for their own
with the aging of the population, a slow and steady uptick in medicare coverage. as a result of this transformation, a big increase. 15 million people buy insurance directly on their own. it will be 40 million people five years from now. host: do you agree or disagree with this quote. think of the employer system as a crumbling building. is it that? not think i would quite agree. thes still on the board of connector and we are good friends. i have tremendous respect for him. crumbling is an...
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just like medicare part d, the launch of the website has not gone well. but the early glitches in this rollout will soon be forgotten, just like medicare part d. a lot of the discussion will focus on the website. this is an important issue. i want to learn what the secretary can tell us about the problems and how they will be fixed. we should keep this issue in perspective. the affordable care act is working. it has been improving the health security of millions of americans for the past three years. because of the affordable care act more than 7 million people on medicare have saved more than $8 billion on their prescription drugs. more than 100 million americans have access to free preventive coverage. they no longer face lifetime limits on their coverage. over 10 million americans have received rebates from insurance companies. finally, this january, the worst abuses of the insurance industry will be halted. never again will a family be denied coverage because their child has a chronic health condition. never again will individuals see their premiums s
just like medicare part d, the launch of the website has not gone well. but the early glitches in this rollout will soon be forgotten, just like medicare part d. a lot of the discussion will focus on the website. this is an important issue. i want to learn what the secretary can tell us about the problems and how they will be fixed. we should keep this issue in perspective. the affordable care act is working. it has been improving the health security of millions of americans for the past three...
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his medicare kicked in. this is what insurance companies are doing. .hey have done it for years your premiums go up with this old plan. this man is trying to make it affordable for us and for everyone. it is going to work. try toce companies sabotage what this man has done. host: thank you for calling in. harry is in pittsburgh, a republican. remarks.wo quick obamacare,this with they have proven themselves to be liars and idiots. call ando make a phone i cannot even get through. my insurance is going to go up if i can get it. liable did yesterday is to throw me right off of insurance. these people are calling in saying i wonderful -- how wonderful it is. he makes nixon look like abraham lincoln and he makes jimmy carter look like a brain surgeon. host: quite a conversation going on on facebook. harold says, too late. this is the biggest mess america has ever been in. wagesays, i make minimum and the government wants me to for a0 seven dollars broken plan. this is craziness. -- $147 for a broken clan. christi
his medicare kicked in. this is what insurance companies are doing. .hey have done it for years your premiums go up with this old plan. this man is trying to make it affordable for us and for everyone. it is going to work. try toce companies sabotage what this man has done. host: thank you for calling in. harry is in pittsburgh, a republican. remarks.wo quick obamacare,this with they have proven themselves to be liars and idiots. call ando make a phone i cannot even get through. my insurance is...
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protection in affordable care act is going to be saving a lot of money for medicare. >> we appreciate you bringing up that point of view. kansas, we will hear from vernon. hello. independent line. >> oh, yes. i would like to say to the republican party, i was one for many years. i am now an independent. say, a tea party member. >> what do you hesitate to say it? >> the tea party is not very well thought of. , what really parties --about both i understand why the republicans have become kind of a mutated elephant. they too have decatur. those the cater to government has created to get votes just to survive. my biggest hangup about both parties is simply this. they are more interested in party power and reelection than office ton the represent and make decisions which are the best for all people. i don't care about labels. i just want the united states to stay strong. one other thing, i would just wish that instead of talking a $17 trillion indebtedness, how about just that withe truth unfunded liabilities, it is $70 trillion. even the chinese are backing off from buying our debt. hope
protection in affordable care act is going to be saving a lot of money for medicare. >> we appreciate you bringing up that point of view. kansas, we will hear from vernon. hello. independent line. >> oh, yes. i would like to say to the republican party, i was one for many years. i am now an independent. say, a tea party member. >> what do you hesitate to say it? >> the tea party is not very well thought of. , what really parties --about both i understand why the...
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at the federal level, big cost drivers are entitlements, medicare, medicaid, social security, and the secret is that americans want more in benefits of all kinds and they're willing to pay for. what kind of a positive solution come from your experience at the state level for these different problems? >> they are different at the local, state, and federal level, but what we did was mad about -- not about austerity. if it was austerity, we just cut across the board. that meant that things that you value would be cut just as much. what we did was initiating reform, not just about pension and health care contributions. those were part of it, but the biggest reforms in the state or -- were most of our school districts had by their health insurance from just one company. by pulling back on collective bargaining, district could bid out their health insurance. that means many districts saved enacting thatby one change. other changes go beyond just fiscal savings. at the federal level, there are different sorts of issues. in our case, it was more than half of our budget is a tool of corporate
at the federal level, big cost drivers are entitlements, medicare, medicaid, social security, and the secret is that americans want more in benefits of all kinds and they're willing to pay for. what kind of a positive solution come from your experience at the state level for these different problems? >> they are different at the local, state, and federal level, but what we did was mad about -- not about austerity. if it was austerity, we just cut across the board. that meant that things...
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i think it's things like tort rick orman more competition across state lines and reforming medicare to create the right incentives. now you have a medicare program that pays more for higher cost operations regardless of outcome rather than incentivizing lower cost, better outcomes, and preventive care. flexibilitycrease by giving the states the ability to run the medicaid programs -- joe agrees with me on that 1 -- also for situations where you have pre-existing conditions, really empowering the state high-risk health care pools -- in north dakota we have a few. 35 states have these kind of pools. west virginia probably has one. how about the federal government works with those staples to do more with people with pre- existing conditions. a step-by-step, comprehensive approach like that is what we advocate and we have legislation that we are putting forward to do it. >> the senate banking committee this morning hears from janet yellen the choice to head the federal reserve and as vice- chairman of the board of governors and would replace ben bernanke. that is live on c-span3 at 10 a.m.
i think it's things like tort rick orman more competition across state lines and reforming medicare to create the right incentives. now you have a medicare program that pays more for higher cost operations regardless of outcome rather than incentivizing lower cost, better outcomes, and preventive care. flexibilitycrease by giving the states the ability to run the medicaid programs -- joe agrees with me on that 1 -- also for situations where you have pre-existing conditions, really empowering...
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at 62 years old, bob is hoping that with some adjustment to his income and his wife's medicare he could qualify for hundreds more a month in subsidies. i take that from the allentown morning call. >> the gentlewoman from indiana. >> thank you. i am pleased to cosponsor the keep your health care plan act to make sure that individuals can keep their health care plan that they like and need. i will ask hoosiers to share their stories. the stories are shocking. kathryn got this letter from her insurance company. beting that her plan will canceled. her monthly payments will increase from $186 per month to $329 per month, nearly double. another woman is a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy. under obamacare, she now has to pay over $400 per month just for her own coverage. barton, a small business owner, said his group rims will increase 80% this year. premiums will increase 80% this year. together, we can get it done. i yield back. illinois.tleman from this woman beat the system. the 67-year-old became one of the first enrollees for health insurance at the glitch-stricken online marketpla
at 62 years old, bob is hoping that with some adjustment to his income and his wife's medicare he could qualify for hundreds more a month in subsidies. i take that from the allentown morning call. >> the gentlewoman from indiana. >> thank you. i am pleased to cosponsor the keep your health care plan act to make sure that individuals can keep their health care plan that they like and need. i will ask hoosiers to share their stories. the stories are shocking. kathryn got this letter...
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it is an alternative to traditional medicare. the program is having some because in payments congress said that they were already paying more money than they paid for the traditional medicare program. they wanted to bring them closer into alignment. some insurers are probably raising premiums and doing things to make changes as a result. host: that's go to michael from delaware on our line for folks urer lands. caller: i have a couple of points. i'm not sure if this is a question. whether or not president obama lied, i do not believe that -- he is being very disingenuous with his statements about keeping policies if you liked them. i think that the unanticipated result of all of this is going to be millions more people will lose their policies. they will jump ship from the democratic party and supporting president obama. republicans will get exactly what they wanted all along. in next year's midterm election and in three years at the presidential election -- the obama administration will be swept out of office. everyone will jump
it is an alternative to traditional medicare. the program is having some because in payments congress said that they were already paying more money than they paid for the traditional medicare program. they wanted to bring them closer into alignment. some insurers are probably raising premiums and doing things to make changes as a result. host: that's go to michael from delaware on our line for folks urer lands. caller: i have a couple of points. i'm not sure if this is a question. whether or...
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oil,axes for big multinationals, reduce social security and medicare. cut student loans, cut veterans benefits, invest less in education and affordable colleges, do less to combat climate change and gun safety, do nothing to fix immigration. and keep families who are trying to survive on the minimum wage from ever earning even another penny. it would appear that the only thing they want more of is rush limbaugh. [laughter] rush limbaugh did not get applause in new hampshire. [laughter] questionand serious that we have to ask one another. the question we have to ask one another as americans is this -- how much a lesson do we believe less do we believe would be good for our country? how much less education would make our children smarter? how much less opportunity would allow the next generation to succeed? how many hungry american children can we no longer afford to feed? week, i hadday last occasion to meet with some of our nation's finest at the world war ii memorial in our nations capital. humbled toblessed, be in the presence of four recipients of th
oil,axes for big multinationals, reduce social security and medicare. cut student loans, cut veterans benefits, invest less in education and affordable colleges, do less to combat climate change and gun safety, do nothing to fix immigration. and keep families who are trying to survive on the minimum wage from ever earning even another penny. it would appear that the only thing they want more of is rush limbaugh. [laughter] rush limbaugh did not get applause in new hampshire. [laughter]...
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of things that happen and cronyism and a lot of reasons why conservatives might reject part d.003, medicare there are many good reasons why conservatives might reject republican party in 2003. bill frist is not in the senate anymore. dentist has to do is not there and george w. bush is not there. in the couple of years, you have elected this incredible crop from marco rubio to rand paul and susanna martinez and chris christie. there is so many exciting things happening. i don't get why now there is this resentment. maybe they won't be happy until mitch mcconnell and john banner will be gone. i'm not sure but why not have senator pat twomey and kelly ayotte and this new crop of conservatives -- why not give them a chance to get things done? it seems they are being labeled the establishment now, two. why should they pay? 10 years ago, republican was a bad thing but maybe move past that. host: i want to show our viewers the female vote in the new jersey race to compare. for chris vote christie, 57% compared to his female opponent who garnered 42% of the female vote in that state. guest: absolu
of things that happen and cronyism and a lot of reasons why conservatives might reject part d.003, medicare there are many good reasons why conservatives might reject republican party in 2003. bill frist is not in the senate anymore. dentist has to do is not there and george w. bush is not there. in the couple of years, you have elected this incredible crop from marco rubio to rand paul and susanna martinez and chris christie. there is so many exciting things happening. i don't get why now...
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i also remember the medicare part he asked, which was a republican initiative, also rolled out extremely slowly. i know a lot of my seniors, i had to do 16 town halls around downstrict to try to tear the backlash because of the slowness of how that was ramped up. not out ofence is line with those other two programs. so, i just wanted to make that note. i have had a chance to go out and talk to some of the outreach workers. a lot of the outreach on the affordable care act in my district is being conducted through the local community health centers. i have basically an urban district. the health care -- the health center employees are going out and signing people up. one of the concerns they have raised is that the affordable and act is so focused facilitated by an e-mail address , people have to have an e-mail address in order to interact with this whole thing. if you look at the demographic of the 31 million people who we are trying to get health care to, that were not receiving health care before, the poor, the elderly, that is a high correlation between folks who did not get health car
i also remember the medicare part he asked, which was a republican initiative, also rolled out extremely slowly. i know a lot of my seniors, i had to do 16 town halls around downstrict to try to tear the backlash because of the slowness of how that was ramped up. not out ofence is line with those other two programs. so, i just wanted to make that note. i have had a chance to go out and talk to some of the outreach workers. a lot of the outreach on the affordable care act in my district is being...
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zaccos is hoping with some adjustments to his income and his wife's medicare, he could qualify for hundreds more a month in subsidies. and i take that from the allentown morning call. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana rise? without objection. mrs. walorski: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm pleased to co-sponsor the keep your health plan act, to make sure individuals can keep the health care plans they like and need. i asked hoosiers in the state of indiana to share their stories with me about their experiences with obamacare. the stories are shocking. kathryn from south bend, got this letter from her insurance company stating that her plan will be canceled. her monthly payments will ncrease from $186 per month to $329 per month, nearly double. cancer m elkhart is a patient undergoing chemotherapy. she has to pay over $1,200 a month for her own coverage. barton said his group premiums will increase up to 80% this year. these are serious problems causing incredible hardships for the very people that we represent
zaccos is hoping with some adjustments to his income and his wife's medicare, he could qualify for hundreds more a month in subsidies. and i take that from the allentown morning call. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana rise? without objection. mrs. walorski: thank you, mr. speaker. i'm pleased to co-sponsor the keep your health plan act, to make sure individuals can keep the health care plans they like and...
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democrats who opposed bush's medicare part d plan. once it was law, hopkins and democrats came to -- republicans and democrats came together to make sure that their constituents got the benefits. we hope that lawmakers will join us in that effort. >> monthly enrollment figures? >> as i said from a dozen times. >> [indiscernible] >> that was probably said midmonth, which is consistent with everything. we want the data to be verified. this is not moving the ball. middle of november we will have october figures. >> i wanted to ask you about joe biden. wasyou know that biden conducting polling on the possibility of replacing him? >> i do not know the details of that. i can point you to those who ran the campaign, who according to this workad some of done, and everyone to a person seriouslyis never considered. it was something that the president would never have accepted. idea was never brought to him. you have covered campaigns. they poll and focus group on what you have for breakfast. >> but they did something on something that had an im
democrats who opposed bush's medicare part d plan. once it was law, hopkins and democrats came to -- republicans and democrats came together to make sure that their constituents got the benefits. we hope that lawmakers will join us in that effort. >> monthly enrollment figures? >> as i said from a dozen times. >> [indiscernible] >> that was probably said midmonth, which is consistent with everything. we want the data to be verified. this is not moving the ball. middle of...
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remember, the other piece of that, were funding comes from, is out of medicare. you have seniors, especially in -- they areand the cognizant that that be a problem. you are taking money out of medicare and putting it into medicaid, that is an issue. andmembers are very capable cognizant of talking about alternatives that we may offer our patients. that doesn't do as much good to put that up on the floor in a comprehensive way. let's be honest, the senate will not take it out. when one party passes something exclusively, and denies the other party the opportunity to offer an amendment on the house floor, which occurred, then they embrace it. they have owned it and embrace it. it is not delivered. it is washed up and there is a lot of debris on the ground. i think it will be the defining issue of 2014. they have got to explain it. when the other major programs in america were created, they were almost always created a bipartisan votes. , her programs under reagan did those with tip o'neill in a bipartisan way. this was a conscious choice to lock us out. i remember
remember, the other piece of that, were funding comes from, is out of medicare. you have seniors, especially in -- they areand the cognizant that that be a problem. you are taking money out of medicare and putting it into medicaid, that is an issue. andmembers are very capable cognizant of talking about alternatives that we may offer our patients. that doesn't do as much good to put that up on the floor in a comprehensive way. let's be honest, the senate will not take it out. when one party...
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they took money out of medicare to put to medicaid. that's an issue. our members are very capable and confident in talking about alternatives that we would offer for a patient-centered health care delivery system. but it doesn't put much good to put that up on the floor in a comprehensive way when you know, let's been honest, that the senate is not going to take it up. the president is not going to go along with that. so when one party passes something exclusively, denies the other party to even offer a single amendment on the house floor, which occurred, then they own it and embrace it. and they owned it and embraced it and overpromised and underdelivered and it is -- it is the -- it's the tsunami that washed up, there's a lot of debris on the ground. it will be the defining issue in 2014. and they got to explain it. when the other major programs in america were created, they almost always were created with bipartisan votes. major reforms and entitlement programs. they did it with tip o'neill in a bipartisan way. this one may be a conscious choice to
they took money out of medicare to put to medicaid. that's an issue. our members are very capable and confident in talking about alternatives that we would offer for a patient-centered health care delivery system. but it doesn't put much good to put that up on the floor in a comprehensive way when you know, let's been honest, that the senate is not going to take it up. the president is not going to go along with that. so when one party passes something exclusively, denies the other party to...
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medicare was a popular program, but it was too six at -- expensive from the outcome. it is headed toward a crisis unless we make a change. look at what has happened with this effort. the attempt to run won six of the economy from washington dc and direct it through tens of thousands of pages the regulation is a bridge too far. that way of running things does not work anymore. example of the contemporary failure of the 20th century governance model. i hope we draw the right lessons from that. the way to do things that actually works is to decentralized decision-making, empower individuals to run their own minds. if the government is going to help people, do it on a helping individuals and giving them a premium support or vouchers of some kind of let them by the things they need competitively, including health care. host: chapter eight: domestic policy. you touched on this. if you explained it a little bit further. guest: the and -- the entire concept of a job is going away. how would the concept of what we know is a job go away in your view? guest: let's step back and
medicare was a popular program, but it was too six at -- expensive from the outcome. it is headed toward a crisis unless we make a change. look at what has happened with this effort. the attempt to run won six of the economy from washington dc and direct it through tens of thousands of pages the regulation is a bridge too far. that way of running things does not work anymore. example of the contemporary failure of the 20th century governance model. i hope we draw the right lessons from that....
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he and his wife recently retired but aren't old enough yet for medicare. their health care plan is being canceled. it's being replaced with one that will cost $500 more per month. now, think about that. $500 more per month every month for their new health care plan. then, there's brian from westchester, my hometown. he runs a small business, just like i used to. brian's been told that his health care premiums are going to double. if that happens, brian said to me, he might have to close his doors. that means his workers will lose their plan and lose their job. now, these are just two stories from my district in ohio, and there's millions more of them all around the country. premiums are going up, people are losing their coverage and small businesses are being terrified. the president's health care law our rting a lot of constituents. if you're serious about helping them, he can make good on his promise and support the keep your health care act. i would encourage every member to help keep that promise and vote for this important bill. i yield back. the spea
he and his wife recently retired but aren't old enough yet for medicare. their health care plan is being canceled. it's being replaced with one that will cost $500 more per month. now, think about that. $500 more per month every month for their new health care plan. then, there's brian from westchester, my hometown. he runs a small business, just like i used to. brian's been told that his health care premiums are going to double. if that happens, brian said to me, he might have to close his...
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let them choose medicare. let people choose medicaid. or it would be cheaper for us if we just say, look, we will buy you a cadillac, not a bronze, we will buy you the best coverage, great coverage and it will have a high deductible. now maybe $5,000, something like that, for a deductible and we'll give you the cash in the health savings account, you get control back of your health care, you can handle it yourself. your debit card will be coded where you can only use it for health care. but then let you make the decisions. but this won't even let you go get your own medicine or drug unless it's prescribed. this kind of stuff is running up the costs and trying to get rid of h.s.a.'s. it's very clear. oh, and i love they got a rovision in here for states. back 2,300 or so. they got a provision in here, gee, we're giving out grants, but if your state has bothered to do malpractice reform, like the federal government hadn't on , then if you put caps pain and suffering, for example, you're not going to be getting the grants like other states
let them choose medicare. let people choose medicaid. or it would be cheaper for us if we just say, look, we will buy you a cadillac, not a bronze, we will buy you the best coverage, great coverage and it will have a high deductible. now maybe $5,000, something like that, for a deductible and we'll give you the cash in the health savings account, you get control back of your health care, you can handle it yourself. your debit card will be coded where you can only use it for health care. but...
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but there's this thing called medicare. i don't hear anybody on the floor saying, well, they actually did call for the repeal of medicare, but that hasn't gone very far. but the federal government is involved in the aspects of american life. you will find us now involved soon in a debate about trade policy. should we have unlimited free trade in which the american businesses are open to unfair competition from around the world, from workers that are virtually paid nothing in something of a less developed country of the world, where there are no laws about working conditions, where factories collapse. should american businesses have to compete with that kind of competition? i think not. so i would use the word fair trade, not free trade, but fair trade. trade policies that are fair to the american worker, that give the american worker a chance to compete in the world market rather than having our business simply run away, chasing the cheapest wage rate in the world. so trade policy is going to be discussed here with the tran
but there's this thing called medicare. i don't hear anybody on the floor saying, well, they actually did call for the repeal of medicare, but that hasn't gone very far. but the federal government is involved in the aspects of american life. you will find us now involved soon in a debate about trade policy. should we have unlimited free trade in which the american businesses are open to unfair competition from around the world, from workers that are virtually paid nothing in something of a less...
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lyndon johnson did the same thing with medicare. he frequently said he could never have gotten medicare theed without the help of senate majority leader who was a republican. obama, instead, chose to cram this down our throats, not one republican participated in it or it must democrats did not participate in it. whatever happened to the president's pledge when he was running for president the first time, to put all bills on the internet three days prior to a vote so we could all read them and try and understand them? he has dropped the ball there, he lied to us, i'm afraid and i don't believe the man is telling us the truth about much of anything. he doesn't care what we think about it or what our ideas might be. out: even asterisk him is "theese items, here washington post" looking at how the states are faring. they do highlight this 80,000 number in california heard they highlight some other issues as well. still, it says california's major challenges to address its goal of wanting to enroll 1.2 million people. the first month of
lyndon johnson did the same thing with medicare. he frequently said he could never have gotten medicare theed without the help of senate majority leader who was a republican. obama, instead, chose to cram this down our throats, not one republican participated in it or it must democrats did not participate in it. whatever happened to the president's pledge when he was running for president the first time, to put all bills on the internet three days prior to a vote so we could all read them and...
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it happened when president bush put in the medicare drug program for seniors, which was not as complicated but had the same problem with the rollout. it was a disaster. there were people that lost their prescriptions for their existing medicine and they fixed it. the president, as you know, has pledged to ask his team, tasked his team to look at potential actions that could be taken to address this problem. because his focus is on making sure that people get quality and affordable health insurance. >> what the president said appears to be different from what president clinton said. president clinton is talking about anybody who is losing their plan, what the president said and officials said was they were focused more on people getting cancellations and weren't getting subsidies to cover higher premiums. is what president obama looking at more narrow than -- >> certainly the point we have made is that for more than half of those on the individual market who, because their plans were not grand fathered in, they did not exist, or were not participants in those plans prior to the passage of t
it happened when president bush put in the medicare drug program for seniors, which was not as complicated but had the same problem with the rollout. it was a disaster. there were people that lost their prescriptions for their existing medicine and they fixed it. the president, as you know, has pledged to ask his team, tasked his team to look at potential actions that could be taken to address this problem. because his focus is on making sure that people get quality and affordable health...
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i get medicare. host: thank you, sarah. any last words for him, mr. smith? the support.eciate everyone should get the facts and make your own decisions. we can have an honest debate about how to improve things, and what is in the law and what is not. go two healthcare.gov, find out your options, how much health care is going to cost, keep the conversation going, and hopefully these 50 million uninsured americans out there will get coverage for the first time ever. is cofoundermith of young invincibles. thank you for being on "washington journal." coming up next, representative jeff denham, a republican from california. immigration is the topic. we will return shortly. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ for nsais a tough time where everybody says what are you doing or why are you doing it. here is what we do. when we get together we do not -- well, a be a couple of times say it, but we actually is much more important for this country that we defend this nation and take the beati
i get medicare. host: thank you, sarah. any last words for him, mr. smith? the support.eciate everyone should get the facts and make your own decisions. we can have an honest debate about how to improve things, and what is in the law and what is not. go two healthcare.gov, find out your options, how much health care is going to cost, keep the conversation going, and hopefully these 50 million uninsured americans out there will get coverage for the first time ever. is cofoundermith of young...
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it's going to spill over to medigap policies for seniors and people on medicare. the bill really should be called the guaranteed premium increase act of 2013, because that's what it is. our bill corrects that by saying, let's help the people we say we want to try to help. people who like their plan and want to keep it. not everyone that the insurance company could dupe or lure into buying a car with no air bag and no seat belts. and finally, working together means not forgetting about some other people who write letters. we haven't heard much about today. the family mr. doyle talked about whose daughter has cancer, who has an insurance policy but has to have a beef and beer or golf tournament to raise money to pay their bills. i want to help that person and not repeal the affordable care act. how about the woman who had breast cancer 10 years ago and can now be told we are sorry, you can't buy an insurance policy. you got to pay more if you do. i want to help her by banning discrimination based on pre-existing conditions. if we really want to work together, let's
it's going to spill over to medigap policies for seniors and people on medicare. the bill really should be called the guaranteed premium increase act of 2013, because that's what it is. our bill corrects that by saying, let's help the people we say we want to try to help. people who like their plan and want to keep it. not everyone that the insurance company could dupe or lure into buying a car with no air bag and no seat belts. and finally, working together means not forgetting about some...
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the democrats were very fond of pointing to tea party signs that said "government, hands off my medicare." this is an illustration of that. we are a nation that does have a mixed economy. as far as what the caller was talking about in terms of quality, hawaii has relatively good ballot access laws. one of also, colorado, the worst states is the state of oklahoma. it is impossible for anybody to appear on that ballot without a d or a republican by his or her name. host: because of the amount of signatures or other hurdles? the signatures and when they have to be filed, various kinds of things. for about 20 years, the only choices that oklahomans have had an presidential elections have had d or r by the name. unless it has changed recently, there has also been a long -- a law preventing right answer for president in oklahoma. host: george, florida, democrats line. caller: mr. gillespie, how are you? c-span, you have a great show. i wanted to share my question. i never believed in a third- myself -- i also ask republicans and democrats have a lot in common. i have many friends of mine that
the democrats were very fond of pointing to tea party signs that said "government, hands off my medicare." this is an illustration of that. we are a nation that does have a mixed economy. as far as what the caller was talking about in terms of quality, hawaii has relatively good ballot access laws. one of also, colorado, the worst states is the state of oklahoma. it is impossible for anybody to appear on that ballot without a d or a republican by his or her name. host: because of the...
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medicare, medicaid, those are the really tough once. but social security, not so much. it's interesting to look -- i spent a lot of time on college campuses and a lot of times looking at polling of young people, the millennial generation. it's an interesting group to me. unlike conservatives, they don't hate america but they don't love it. and this is a very, very skeptical about the effectiveness of government. they're not anti-government. if it worked, they would be for it. this is a generation at least on economic issues, it could be a jump ball generation. it could be a generation that republicans could go after, but, this generation is also fairly libertarian on social -- libertarian or liberal moderate on social cultural issues which the republican party as it's presently perceived is not. so it's sort of the social cultural issues primarily that i think are keeping republicans from being able to do as well as -- with that generation as they do. but, yeah, the caller is right. they want you to draw a line at sort of 40 years of age, 40, 45 years of age. and voters
medicare, medicaid, those are the really tough once. but social security, not so much. it's interesting to look -- i spent a lot of time on college campuses and a lot of times looking at polling of young people, the millennial generation. it's an interesting group to me. unlike conservatives, they don't hate america but they don't love it. and this is a very, very skeptical about the effectiveness of government. they're not anti-government. if it worked, they would be for it. this is a...
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$8.3 billion on their prescription drugs, more 4.4 million seniors had annual wellness visits under medicare. mr. speaker, rather than making the affordable care act successful, republicans are telling americans they want to rush to the days when insurance companies could tell those with pre-existing conditions, sorry, you don't deserve and cannot purchase health insurance. 46 times republicans have told americans that if they reach their lifetime limits, that's just too bad. 46 times they've said if they want to keep medicare part d doughnut hole and keep medication unaffordable, that's the way it's going to be. mr. speaker, americans deserve access to affordable, quality health care. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approx president obama is having senators from both parties over to the white house tomorrow. reuters reports they will discuss the nuclear program. ony are due to meet again wednesday. the u.s. and other suspected is aimed at developing atomic weapons. the pan -- the plan has been andsed by israel and fran
$8.3 billion on their prescription drugs, more 4.4 million seniors had annual wellness visits under medicare. mr. speaker, rather than making the affordable care act successful, republicans are telling americans they want to rush to the days when insurance companies could tell those with pre-existing conditions, sorry, you don't deserve and cannot purchase health insurance. 46 times republicans have told americans that if they reach their lifetime limits, that's just too bad. 46 times they've...
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eight years ago the medicare drug program that republicans had passed got off to a rocky start. did we democrats pounce on it for political gain? no, we put the country first and helped make the program a success. the republicans are marching in the opposite direction. destroying really instead of making something work . let's work together to make it work rather than destroying what americans want, a healthy health program for all americans. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan yields back. the gentleman from michigan, mr. upton, is recognized. mr. upton: i yield one minute to the majority leader of the house, mr. cantor. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia, mr. cantor, is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the chairman, the gentleman from michigan. mr. speaker, i rise today in support of the keep your health plan act. many americans today are worried, they are worried about their jobs, worried about saving for their children's college education, or worried about saving for their retirement. and no
eight years ago the medicare drug program that republicans had passed got off to a rocky start. did we democrats pounce on it for political gain? no, we put the country first and helped make the program a success. the republicans are marching in the opposite direction. destroying really instead of making something work . let's work together to make it work rather than destroying what americans want, a healthy health program for all americans. yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman...
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. >> we do publish hospital infection rates and work closely with the center for medicare and medicaid services and are part of the hospital system that is there. we have a system called the national health care safety network or nhsn and virtually every hospital in the country now uses that. we've seen progress in some areas but not nearly enough progress in others. and we've worked with state governments, with hospital oceans -- associations, with doctors, professional societies to figure out how we can better prevent, detect and respond to hospital infections because far too many are occurring. it's been sfimented -- estimated there are about 100,000 deaths in hospitals each year and many are preventable. we need to do better at preventing them. host: mary in floral city, florida, good morning. you're on with dr. thomas frieden, director at the centers for distress control. caller: good morning. i'd like to ask the doctor, have they ever done a study on smoking and chemicals that people use? host: mary, why do you ask that question? are you a smoker? caller: yes, i am. host: lou lon
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it is the same thing i said about medicare and social security. you have to give things a chance. the only way is going to work. thet doesn't, i will be first to say didn't work. but this man gets no support from nobody. nobody because there is hatred. thank you. and from milwaukee, wisconsin, democrats line. caller: i just want to make a comment and say that i think the health care bill did not go far enough. i think we should have fought for the public option when they try to pass a bill. things would have been much better and people would have had more options to choose with insurance companies. when obama gets everything worked out, this is a good bill. he would to be patient and remember, republicans have not offered us anything else but the same. for theit was time insurance companies to be regulated. he said republicans and offer anything but what about this from fred upton? caller: yeah, but that is a continuation of insurance companies not being regulated. if people want the same plans and those insurance companies have no regulations, then fine. but that is only temporar
it is the same thing i said about medicare and social security. you have to give things a chance. the only way is going to work. thet doesn't, i will be first to say didn't work. but this man gets no support from nobody. nobody because there is hatred. thank you. and from milwaukee, wisconsin, democrats line. caller: i just want to make a comment and say that i think the health care bill did not go far enough. i think we should have fought for the public option when they try to pass a bill....
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health care, i'm looking at folks who've got employer-based health care; i'm looking at folks who've got medicare and medicaid -- and that accounts for the vast majority of americans. and then for people who don't have any health insurance at all, obviously that didn't apply. my commitment to them was, you're going to be able to get affordable health care for the first time. you have an individual market that accounts for about 5 percent of the population. and our working assumption was my working assumption was that the majority of those folks would find better policies at lower costs or the same costs in the marketplaces, and that the universe of folks who potentially would not find a better deal in the marketplaces, the grandfather clause would work sufficiently for them. and it didn't. and again, that's on us. which is why we're -- that's on me. and that's why i'm trying to fix it. and as i said earlier, i guess last week, and i will repeat that's something i deeply regret because it's scary getting a cancellation notice. now, it is important to understand that out of that population, typical
health care, i'm looking at folks who've got employer-based health care; i'm looking at folks who've got medicare and medicaid -- and that accounts for the vast majority of americans. and then for people who don't have any health insurance at all, obviously that didn't apply. my commitment to them was, you're going to be able to get affordable health care for the first time. you have an individual market that accounts for about 5 percent of the population. and our working assumption was my...